Improvement in trays for cloth-finishing machines



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Trays for Cloth Finishing Machines N0. i4i,i92.

Patented July 22 S e s S e n u AM. PHO ra-umasmrmc c0. NX (ospamvsPROCESS! UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

. AMASAJWOOLSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAYS FOR CLOTH-FINISHING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,192, dated July 22,1873; application filed May 14, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMASA WOOLSON, of Springfield, in the county ofWindsor and in the State of Vermont, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Guiding Trays for Finishing Cloth; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to theletters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a guidingtray for cloth-finishing machines, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of myinvention.

A represents the usual box or hopper forming the receiving end of thetray, and provided with a hinged lid, B, which is to' be turned up toreceive the cloth from the machine, and to be turned down to fold thecloth on when it is to be taken out of the machine.

The bottom of the tray is made of a series of end D, carrying the goodsthrough the tray precisely in the same line on which it is received. Thebottom of the tray is in a curved I or angular form or shape, so as toform a downward-curved grade from a to b, for the greatest part of thedistance on the receiving end of the tray, and then a sharper curve orangle upward from b to d, the rest of the way bringing the bottom foldsof the goods nearly vertical or edgewise at the delivering end D, so asto allow the goods to be drawn out and up into the machine withoutdisturbing or tangling them.

This form of the tray may be made by several angles of differentlengths, as shown, or it may be made by bending the guides or tracks tosome general circular form substantially similar to the form shown inthe drawing.

When the machine under which this tray is placed is in operation, itdraws the cloth into it from the delivering end D of the tray, while atthe same time the cloth is being delivered and folded into the receivingend A of the tray by the machine, and this continuous drawing of it outat one end and the folding into it at the other causes the whole. massof the folded goods which is thus evenly distributed through the tray tomove slowly, evenly, and gently onward through it, without any tumblingor tangling of the goods. The greater weight of goods on the longerdescending grade at b of the curve forces upward what is on the shorter,steeper, and ascending part b d of it, causing the whole body of thefolded goods to move easily and continuously, folding it evenly. Thecloth is thus made to pass through the machine and the tray continously,and as many times as is desirable, in so even and gentle and true amanner as to cause the edge of the goods to pass into the machine at anygiven point without attention, which is very important, both in order tothe proper saving of the lists, and also to keep the goods so as to passthrough the middle or working parts of the machine.

Thus, by adjusting the tray at either or both ends, the goods can bemade to enter the machine at any desired point continuously, with butlittle or no attention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The guiding-tray for cloth-finishing machines, curved as described,and having its bottom formed of a series of parallel tracks or guides, O0, each having a sharp or angular edge along the upper surface, uponwhich" the cloth rests, substantially as and for the purposes herein setforth.

2. The combination of the end piece A with hinged lid B and the ribs 0,placed lengthwise of the tray, and arranged on a curve from thereceiving t0 the delivering end of the same, all substantially as and.for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this2d day of April, 1873.

' AMASA WOOLSON. Witnesses:

EDMUND G. BURKE, HENRY GL0ss0N.

